Game-piece.



No. 672,478. Patented Apr. 23, |90l..

J. W. GEDNEY.

GAME PIECE.

filed Jan. 22, 1901.

(Application (No Model.)

UNITED STATES JAMES W. GEDNEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GAME PlECE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 672,478, dated April 23,1901.

Application filed January 22, 1901. Serial No. 44,252. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES W. GEDNEY, of 203 East Eighty-eighth street,in the borough of Manhattan, in the city and State of New York, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in GamePieces, of whichthe following is a description, referring to the accompanying drawings,which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to improve the construction and actionof the game-piece or cat that is used in connection with a rod or stickto play the game of cat and dog and other games.

This invention applies only to the cat.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the device. Fig. 2 is a cross-section on theplane 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the plane 3 3 of Fig.l.

The core 12 is made either rectangular or rounded in shape and of somerelatively inexpensive material-as, for instance, wood. Around this coreis molded a covering of some elastic material, such as rubber. Thisouter covering 0 is so molded that the central portion surrounding thecore forms a rectangle, whose outer limits are defined by the shoulder01. Beyond these shoulders the elastic covering extends in a taperingprojection from either end of the core. These projections 6 may beeither conical or in the shape of pyramids, as shown in the drawings.The object of these tapering projections is to form an elastic catsupported only by the rectangular portion of the covering when it liesupon a fiat surface.

In playing the game one of the projections c is struck with a stick,commonly called the dog, and the game-piece, commonly called the cat,acts as a lever, the fulcrum being its shoulder d, and as theprojections and casing are resilient give far greater result than theusual eat when struck by the dog.

Having specified the nature of my inven tion as embodied in the bestform of the construction known to me, I will, without attempting toenumerate the variations and changes of form of which my invention iscapable, point out in the following claims the essential anddistinguishing novel features of my invention.

I claim- 1. Asanew article of manufacture, agamepiece consisting of arelatively firm elongated core, and an elastic covering substantiallyincasing said core, said covering extending beyond said core into one ormore tapering projections, substantially as set forth.

2. As a new article of manufacture, agamepiece consisting of arelatively firm elongated core, and an elastic covering substantiallyincasing said core, said covering extending beyond said core into one ormore tapering projections, the portion of said covering laterallyincasing said core being substantially of uniform thickness,substantially as set forth.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a gamepiece consisting of arelatively firm elongated core, and an elastic covering substantiallyincasing said core, said covering extending longitudinally beyond saidcore into one or more tapering projections, the portion ofsaid coveringlaterally incasing said core being substantially of uniform thickness,substantially as set forth.

4. As anew article of manufacture, a gamepiece consisting of arelatively firm elongated core, and an elastic covering substantiallyincasing said core, said covering extending longitudinally beyond saidcore into one or more tapering projections, and provided with shoulders,substantially as set forth.

Signed this 17th day of January, 1901.

JAMES W. GEDNEY.

Witnesses:

HENRY S. MORTON, HAROLD BINNEY.

